The Eurasian Big Bang By Pepe Escobar
	How China and Russia Are Running Rings Around Washington. - Continue

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Ukrainian News Service Says Standard of Living Is Plummeting By Eric Zuesse
	The choice between guns and butter becomes easier when there is no butter. - Continue

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The Iran Deal Reality By Margaret Kimberley
	All of the treaties in the world mean little when there is only one superpower. - Continue

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Is the 'Military Option' on Iran Off the Table? By Ray McGovern
	Israeli media have been pressing hard to restore the military option to its accustomed place "on the table.". - Continue

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Netanyahu: Unserious Leader of a Fearful Nation By Jeffrey Rudolph
	Netanyahu is a master at exploiting fear in a particularly fearful society, the following points demonstrate that thinking people can ignore his claims dealing with Iran. - Continue

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Israel’s Endless Misery for Gaza is No Policy at All By Jonathan Cook
	Israel believes it can tame Hamas’ political leadership, making them as cautious and subdued as Mahmoud Abbas’ - Continue

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The U.S. Aids and Abets War Crimes in the Philippines By Marjorie Cohn
	Between 2001 and 2010, the U.S. government furnished more than $507 million in military aid to the Philippine government, enabling it to commit war crimes. - Continue

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West Flirts With Fascism – Again By Finian Cunningham
	Washington has a long and bloody history of sponsoring fascist regimes. - Continue

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The Eroding Character of the American People By Paul Craig Roberts
	There is no freedom, no democracy, no accountability of government to the people. - Continue

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Greece – Rescue Without Debt By Peter Koenig
	The Greek Parliament approved today – troika “bail out” of € 86 billion. Not one euro of that money would flow into the Greek treasury, to revive its economy. - Continue

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Joseph Stiglitz on the Great Divide Video
	Inequality is not inevitable but a choice – the cumulative result of unjust policies and misguided priorities. - Continue

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Bush, Blair Legacy Continues As - ISIS bombs area west of Mosul, 32 residents killed and injured: The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “The organization has bombed today Iski area west of Mosul by missiles.” adding that, the bombing resulted in killing 10 residents and wounding 22 others,” indicating that, “Iski area is under the control of the Peshmerga forces.”

Syrian forces kill 22 IS militants in northern province: Eight of the IS militants were killed in the northeastern province of Hasaka during battles against the Syrian government forces and the Kurdish fighters, who are fighting to protect Hasaka from the attacks of the IS terror group.

9.8 million people in Syria ‘food insecure’: Around 9.8 million people in Syria are estimated to be “food insecure,” with 6.8 million of these “severely food insecure,” it said. “Severely food insecure” means a level of need that requires external food aid.

20 killed as Yemen's Houthis 'pushed from last Aden stronghold': At least 20 rebel fighters were killed on Wednesday in the fight to control the city's Masheeq neighbourhood, an area where a palace belonging to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is located.

Turkish troops cross into Syria in clashes with IS: Islamic State militants flee Syrian township of al-Raei as Turkey sends in troops, tanks and jets across the border after the killing of its soldier

Turkey Allows US to Use Key Air Base to Strike Islamic State: Turkey has agreed to let the U.S. military launch airstrikes against the Islamic State from a key air base near the Syrian border, senior U.S. officials said Thursday, giving a boost to the U.S.-led coalition while drawing Turkey deeper into the conflict.

John Kerry pushes back as Republicans attack Iran deal at Senate hearing: Republicans in the US Senate on Thursday used the first public hearing on the nuclear deal with Iran to assail Barack Obama’s administration, telling top members of the president’s cabinet they had been “fleeced” and “bamboozled” by negotiations between six world powers and Tehran.

Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian man in house raid; Father, 52, shot two times in the chest while trying to help his son who Israeli forces were attempting to arrest.

Israel advances illegal, Jewish settlement housing units in occupied West Bank: An Israeli settlement watchdog group says Israel has advanced plans to build or retroactively approve 1,065 illegal, housing units in the occupied West Bank.

Arrests in Israel tied to JPMorgan hack: U.S. authorities arrested four people in Israel and Florida Tuesday, some of whom are believed to be tied to computer hacks of JPMorgan Chase and other financial institutions.Israel police arrested Shalon and Orenstein Tuesday and the Manhattan US Attorney's office said it will seek their extradition to stand trial in the U.S.

53 killed after bomb blasts in Nigeria and Cameroon, officials say: Bomb blasts blamed on Boko Haram killed 29 people in Nigeria and 24 in Cameroon, officials said Thursday after Nigeria's new president warned that the United States' refusal to sell his country strategic weapons is "aiding and abetting" the Islamic extremist group.

Egypt's military says roadside bombing in restive Sinai Peninsula kills 4 troops: The bomb went off when an armored military vehicle was combing an area around the border village of el-Mahdiya, close to the town of Rafah, which borders Gaza Strip, according to the Egyptian military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Samir.

Two killed in new push by Libya's eastern government forces in Benghazi: Two Libyan soldiers were killed and 10 wounded on Thursday when eastern government forces made a new push against Islamist fighters in the embattled center of Benghazi, medics said.

Up to 40 migrants feared drowned off Libyan coast: U.N.: A team from the Save the Children charity that interviewed some of the survivors said up to 7 children, aged about 15 or 16, were also believed to have died in the incident.

At least 20 killed in suicide bombing in a market in Afghanistan: A suicide bombing has killed at least 20 people, and wounded over 30 in a busy marketplace in Afghanistan's northern province of Faryab.

Ukraine, rebels urged to sign deal extending arms withdrawal: Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists agreed earlier this week that tanks and smaller weapons systems should also be withdrawn in addition to heavy artillery, as was previously agreed.

UN climate chief warns the world is 'playing with fire' : 'Science is telling us that time is running out'

US House Passes Bill Banning State GMO Labeling Laws : The House of Representatives passed a controversial bill Thursday that bans mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and allows companies to deceive consumers about the nature of products, critics say.

Sandra Bland autopsy: No evidence of ‘violent homicide’: Neither Bland's hands nor her neck had injuries that were consistent with those found in cases of homicide, according to the newly released autopsy results.

Sandra Bland Becomes The Latest Victim Of The ‘Marijuana Smear’: The allegation that Bland used pot shortly before her death, moreover, fits a pattern in high-profile cases involving the questionable death of a black man or woman that has become so common that it is practically a cliché.

Private Prison Lobbyists Are Raising Cash for Hillary Clinton: As immigration and incarceration issues become central to the 2016 presidential campaign, lobbyists for two major prison companies are serving as top fundraisers for Hillary Clinton.

Disclosure Reveals Donald Trump Has Been Promoting Company He Has $250,000 Invested With: Among his many investments: At least $250,000 worth of stock in TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., the Canadian company hoping to build the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

Trump tours Mexican border despite ‘great danger’: Trump was cheered at a second, unscheduled press conference, where he shut down a Telemundo reporter who had asked if he would apologize for his comments about illegal Mexican immigrants.

Facebook: You don't know it, but you work for the social media giant: What do you call a multimillion-dollar, for-profit company that’s run in large part by unpaid or underpaid grunt laborers? A century ago, you might’ve dubbed it robber-barony or sharecropping — if not, you know, outright slavery.

Hidden Origins of Syria’s Civil War The US Hand in the Syrian Mess By Jonathan Marshall
	There is another side of the story in which Syria’s olive branches to the U.S. and Israel were spurned and a reckless drive for “regime change” followed. - Continue

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No "Compensation" to Israel for Iran Deal By Sheldon Richman
	Today we have a new paradigm for chutzpah: the Israeli government's demand for "compensation" from the American taxpayers for the Iran nuclear agreement. - Continue

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The Iran Treaty Uri Avnery
	WHAT if the whole drama was only an exercise of deception? What if the wily Persians did not even dream of building an atomic bomb, but used the threat to further their real aims?. - Continue

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Obama Should Release MH-17 Intel Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
	Tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine are fast reaching a danger point. - Continue

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So You Say You Don't Want A Revolution? By Dmitry Orlov
	Those Islamist scholars who eagerly exclaim “That's not Islam! Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance!” are missing the point: the ideology of ISIS/ISIL/Daash/Islamic Caliphate is still Islam—revolutionary Islam.- Continue

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Saying No to the Warmongers By Jeffrey D. Sachs
	The US warmongers seem to view any Islamist state as ripe for toppling. - Continue

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The Spirit of Judy Miller is Alive and Well at the NYT, and It Does Great Damage By Glenn Greenwald
	All anyone in government has to do is whisper something in its journalists’ ears, demand anonymity for it, and instruct them to print it. Then they obey. Then other journalists treat it as Truth. - Continue

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Falsifying History In Behalf Of Agendas By Paul Craig Roberts
	A nonsensical myth has been created that Southerners made blacks into slaves because Southerners are racist. - Continue

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A Hidden World, Growing Beyond Control By Danna Priest and William M.Arkin
	The top-secret world the government created in response to Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work. - Continue

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The Assassination of Sandra Bland and the Struggle against State Repression By Ajamu Baraka
	During the struggle in South Africa black activists who were captured by the state had a strange habit of jumping to their deaths from the windows of jails and court houses whenever the authorities would turn their backs. - Continue

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The American Nightmare: The Tyranny of the Criminal Justice System By John W. Whitehead
	Justice in America is not all it&rsquos cracked up to be. - Continue

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50 ISIS militants killed in internal fights in Mosul; :”al-Baghdadi criticized the retreat of his armed men in front of Peshmerga forces,” indicating that, “about 50 militants of the organization have been killed during the past few days.”

Iraq: 27 killed in clashes, air strikes against IS militants: A total of 27 people were killed and 14 wounded on Wednesday in air strikes and separate clashes against the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.

22 killed as deadly double suicide attack rocks Iraq's Fallujah: At least 22 Iraqi soldiers and fighters from the Popular Mobilisation Forces have been killed in a double suicide car attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in east Fallujah. Wednesday's attack was carried out with a confiscated Iraqi army Humvee and an armoured army vehicle at the Harariyat village

ISIS beheads two young men in Mosul: The source told Shafaq News, that ISIS executed two young men in their twenties as beheaded them with a sword in front of a crowd of people in Badush area west of Mosul.

ISIS fighter accused of murdering 60 unarmed Iraqi army cadets in notorious mass slaughter: An Iraqi court used satellite images of the site where they were killed, as well as ISIS's own propaganda video of the killings, to sentence 24 ISIS members to death for their role in the massacre.

Isis has just revealed the city it is going to attack next: Islamic State fighters have slaughtered thousands of people as they have tightened their grip on Iraq’s western province of Anbar. But Haditha has remained an outpost of resistance.

12 civilians killed in Syrian raid on IS-held village: At least 12 civilians, including four children and a pregnant woman, were killed Wednesday in Syrian government air raids on a militant-held village in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitor said.

Syria rebels rain rockets on Shiite villages: monitor: Syrian rebels, including Al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters, have fired hundreds of rockets and mortar shells on two besieged Shiite-majority villages in the northwestern province of Idlib, a monitor said Tuesday.

Syrian rebels and their "artillary of hell": This improvised shell (using cylinders of gas) are called "artillery of hell", and are a staple of the indiscriminate shelling by Syrian rebels. How much accuracy do you think that they have?

U.S. imposes sanctions on Hezbollah officials for Syria support: "The United States will continue to aggressively target (Hezbollah) for its terrorist activities worldwide as well as its ongoing support to (Syrian President Bashar al-) Assad's ruthless military campaign in Syria," said Adam Szubin, the Treasury Department's acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

PKK says killed Turkish police in revenge for Syria border attack: The military wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said on Wednesday it killed two Turkish police officers in a town on the Syrian border as a reprisal for a suicide bombing blamed on jihadists that killed 32.

Nine civilians killed in Saudi air raids on Yemen: According to the latest reports from the beleaguered country on Wednesday, Saudi warplanes targeted vehicles on the main road linking the Yemeni provinces of Shabwah and al-Bayda, killing at least seven farmers in the area.

Saudi arms shipment arrives in Yemen's Aden airport: official: Saudi-backed militiamen meanwhile exchanged heavy artillery fire with their Houthi foes in the northern approaches to Aden on Wednesday. The militiamen said they were advancing toward Anad air base, Yemen's largest, 60 km (40 miles) north of Aden, and were close to linking up with other anti-Houthi fighters nearing the facility

Israeli occupation forces shoot, kill Palestinian near Jenin: Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man during clashes that broke out following an Israeli raid into the town of Birqin west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday morning.

Gaza Salafists at loggerheads with Hamas threaten rocket attacks on Israel: Threat comes in response to Hamas crackdown on jihadists over alleged series of bombings targeting Strip's ruling government.

Kerry to visit Gulf Arab states, vows to 'push back' against Iran: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will seek to reassure Gulf Arab officials at a meeting in Qatar soon that Washington will work with them to "push back" against Iranian influence in the region, he told the pan-Arab newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat.

Anti-Iran Deal AIPAC Spin-off Relies on Iranian Ex-Terrorist Group: When the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) declared war on the nuclear accord between Iran and world powers signed last week in Vienna, it put its money where its mouth is. AIPAC, Washington’s most influential pro-Israel lobby reportedly plans on spending $20 million over the next two months urging Congress to vote against the deal.

Iran rejects sanctions extension beyond 10 years: Iran will not accept any extension of sanctions beyond 10 years, an official said on Wednesday, in the latest attempt by its pragmatist government to sell a nuclear deal with world powers to skeptical hardliners.

Nigeria: 30 killed in Gombe bomb explosions: About 30 people lost their lives and 67 others injured by multiple bomb explosions that occurred at Dadin/Kowa and Dukku motor parks of Gombe State Wednesday, a Red cross official has confirmed.

Nigeria: 110 Vandals Roasted In Arepo, Scores Killed In Gombe: Sympathisers wept profusely in Arepo area of Ogun State yesterday as no fewer than 110 suspected petroleum pipeline vandals were roasted to death. The incident occurred along the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline. The vandals were scooping fuel when it ignited the fire, which raged for several hours.

Dozens killed in in Sabha southern Libya: In southern Libya, the largest city of Sabha has seen fighting break out between members of the Tuareg and Tebu tribes for control of the key city. According to the city's mayor, Hamed al-Khayali, the conflict began in a suburb four days ago after a member of the Tebu tribe was killed at a checkpoint.

Gun-fire exchanged on Tunisian-Libyan border: The exchange came as Tunisian troops attempted to prevent the members of the armed group, consisting of a number of black-market oil traders, from entering the Tunisian soil.

Libya: Armed forces brush off threat of EU sanctions against (CIA supported) General Khalifa Haftar: The EU has said it will issue sanctions against the former Gaddafi aide if he does not step aside to allow United Nations-sponsored peace talks to resume in Libya. "If the West calls us criminals it makes no difference to us because we are fighting terrorism and will continue," he added.

About 11 killed in twin bombings in N Cameroon: According to regional governor Midjiyawa Bakari, the twin attacks were carried out on Wednesday in the central market of Maroua, the capital of the Far North Region, as well as the adjoining Hausa neighborhood, when two female assailants “under 15” blew their explosives, AFP reported.

China offers multi-million USD grant to Kenya: China and Kenya on Wednesday signed an agreement of an approximately $17 million Chinese grant to finance three projects in Kenya, including the repatriation of Somali refugees.

Suicide bomber kills 19 in Afghan market: The suicide attacker detonated his explosives-laden vest in the main market of the volatile district of Almar, killing at least 19 people, according to Faryab police chief Subhan Quli Ebrahimi and the United Nations.

Ukraine agrees to 30-kilometer buffer zone: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced plans to introduce a 30-kilometer demilitarized zone in Luhansk. The president has also instated a well-known volunteer as Kyiv's governor of the war-torn region.

Donbass to Remain in Ukraine, Residents Can Speak 2 Languages - Poroshenko: "Donbass is and will be Ukrainian (region), the Ukrainian and Russian languages will be freely used there," the president said during a working visit to Severodonetsk in the Lugansk region.

Russian Bombers Flew Within 40 Miles of N. California Coast: “Good morning American pilots, we are here to greet you on your Fourth of July Independence Day,” a Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber crew member stated over the emergency aircraft channel.

U.S. rights group branded 'undesirable' closes Russia office: It took the decision after Russia forced foreign-funded non-governmental organisations that engage in political activity to register as "foreign agents" and the Federation Council upper house approved a "patriotic stop-list" of undesirable groups.

Greek MPs back creditor-demanded reform plan to secure bailout: Lawmakers in Athens have backed a second package of measures demanded by the country’s international creditors in order to secure a new bailout program and prevent Greece from being forced out of the eurozone.

If you want Muslims to identify with Britain, don't demonise and bomb them: It's no surprise that David Cameron's five year plan to deal with Islamic extremism at home pins all the blame on the Muslim community.

A frightening proposal to intern Muslim citizens: In the wake of the Chattanooga shooting, a dangerous suggestion appears from right and left

Texans threaten to cover land with pigs’ blood to block Muslim cemetery: A group of residents in Farmersville, Texas said they are prepared to put pigs' heads on spikes and pour pigs' blood on a plot of land where a Muslim cemetery will be established.

Unarmed black man shot in head by cop during Cincinnati traffic stop: Officials in Cincinnati, Ohio have launched a probe into the fatal shooting of a black motorist by a white officer during a traffic stop. Prosecutors say the victim was shot once in the head, while still inside the car, after struggling with the officer.

Mississippi police ‘hogtie’ asthmatic man who dies later in hospital: A video shot by a bystander showed Goode being wheeled on a stretcher to an ambulance. He was lying face down with his hands and legs tied behind his back. Leg irons and handcuffs were used

Shocking Video Shows LAPD Cops Shoot Man in Wheelchair with 3 Bean Bag Rounds and a Taser: The video, taken by homeless skid row resident Hubert Jackson, shows 10 officers on the scene for this one man in a wheelchair.

Law enforcement seizures misspent, missing: Among the violations were using seized money to pay on a prosecutor’s student loans and allowing a prosecutor to live rent-free in a confiscated house for years, records show.

US Economic 'Hope' Plunges To 10-Month Lows: 57% of Americans see the US economy "getting worse," according to Gallup's latest survey, sending 'hope' to its lowest since September. Overall economic confidence slipped once again, despite the Greek deal, now at its lowest since October.

Mythology, Barrel Bombs, and Human Rights Watch By Paul Larudee
	To read Human Rights Watch and the western mainstream media, the Syrian government army is inflicting massive casualties upon the Syrian civilian population, most especially through the use of “barrel bombs” - Continue

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A Mideast Game of Thrones By Patrick J. Buchanan
	Look for the Saudis and Israelis, to begin beating the drums for the United States to bring down Assad, who has been "killing his own people." - Continue

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How the Iran Deal 'Snap Back' Could be Manipulated By Francis Boyle
	The United States government will use the ‘snap-back’ mechanism as a cudgel to beat the Islamic Republic of Iran into ‘regime change,’ which has been its objective all along. - Continue

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Israel Silently Lapping Field in “Mideast Nuclear Arms Race” By IPA
	Obama was asked if he knew of any country in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons. Obama replied that he didn’t want to “speculate. - Continue

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Are China and the US Doomed to Conflict? By Kevin Rudd
	Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has come to an ominous conclusion: conflict is looming. - Continue

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War Acceptance 101 By David Swanson
	Which ancient religious claptrap were you fed? - Continue

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The Social Economic Enslavement Of Japan Video
	Japan is a colony of the United States? - Continue

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The Tragic Capitulation of Greece By Emanuel E. Garcia
	Greece will exist not as a nation, but as a property of the greater EU bankster set - Continue

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The Great American Delusion: Unequal, Even in Death By Rodolfo Acuna
	I have read and reread 17th century Spanish dramatist Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s La vida es sueño countless times to remind me that my life is an illusion, and that false dreams prevent my waking up. - Continue

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67 people killed in clashes on Syria-Lebanon border: monitor: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 46 rebels and 21 members of Lebanon's Shiite militia Hezbollah fighting on the government side have died since pro-regime forces entered the town of Zabadani on July 4.

Syria missile strike 'kills 18 in Aleppo': A missile fired by Syrian forces killed at least 18 civilians Tuesday in a residential neighbourhood of the old quarter of Aleppo city, a monitoring group said.

US Kills 17 Syrian Civilians in Islamic State Fight: A group monitoring the Syrian conflict said that an air strike by U.S.-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Friday killed at least 17 civilians including two children, and wounded dozens more

Uruguay to Welcome 117 Syrian Families : This the second time the Latin America nation has taken in Syrian refugees as part of a resettlement program that was initiated by former President Jose Mujica.

Syria wants to join Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union – prime minister: The Syrian Prime Minister Wael Halqi has said joining the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will allow Damascus easier economic and trade cooperation with friendly nations. Russia and Belarus are also discussing a new loan to Syria.

33 ISIS militants killed in internal fight west and east of Mosul, says Kurdish official: Media official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Mosul Said Mimousini announced on Tuesday, that 33 ISIS militants killed in an internal fighting west and east of Mosul, while the cause of the fight was attributed to the struggle for power, money and women.

Iraqis launch offensive near Anbar base as blasts kill 32: - Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribal fighters launched an offensive on Tuesday to dislodge Islamic State militants and secure a supply route in Anbar province, police and tribal sources said. In other action, bomb attacks across the country killed at least 32 people.

Saudi, UAE forces deployed to Yemen: Saudi Arabia's Al-Watan newspaper cited unidentified sources on 17 July as saying that Saudi special forces soldiers had arrived in Aden to guard officials from Yemen's internationally recognised government who had arrived in the city after a series of victories by pro-government forces.

Saudi-backed troops 'fail to take downtown Aden': Military officials say that they underestimated the numbers of rebel Houthis in the port city, adding that they will regroup and launch another offensive

Kerry says Khamenei's vow that Iran will defy US is 'very troubling': "Even after this deal our policy towards the arrogant US will not change," Khamenei said.

AIPAC girds for rare high-noon showdown with White House: Iran deal marks first open rift in more than 20 years over a president’s major foreign policy initiative. Precedents indicate the pro-Israel lobby has cause for concern.

US lawmakers rail against ‘inappropriate’ UN vote on Iran deal: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, who is leading the charge against the nuclear deal with Iran decried the Obama administration’s decision Monday to endorse the deal at the United Nations before Congress had a chance to review the pact.

Iran’s Jewish community leader calls Netanyahu ‘narcissistic, delusional’: The head of Iran’s Jewish community, Haroun Yashayaei, has harshly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an article appearing in a major Iranian newspaper. The piece was published soon after the nuclear deal was struck with world powers last week.

Listing Americans held in Iran by name, Obama says Tehran needs to free them: "We are not going to relent until we bring home our Americans who are unjustly detained in Iran," Obama said in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars group.

Israel, Greece sign status of forces agreement : Greece is within range of Iranian missiles, he added. “If one Iranian missile makes its way to the Mediterranean, this could be the end of states in this region,” the Greek defense minister said.

Taxpayers’ money misspending at Israel PM Netanyahu’s residences probed: Israel’s attorney general has announced a criminal investigation into alleged misconduct at the residences of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A senior staffer in his office is reportedly suspected of corruption.

EU to Israel: Halt forced population transfers: A meeting of EU foreign ministers blasts Israel for what it says are actions that 'seriously threaten the two-state solution', while embracing a new international peace plan that would bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table.

HRW slams Israel for ‘abusive arrests’ of Palestinian kids: Israeli security forces have performed “abusive arrests” of Palestinian children, chocking, beating and threatening kids as young as 11, a global watchdog said in a report.

Ottoman archives to help Palestinians reclaim lands: Palestinians entangled in lawsuits to claim ownership of properties grabbed by the state of Israel have found a new sidekick in their legal battle: The Ottomans or rather, the archives of the now-defunct empire, which once ruled present-day Israel, Palestine and much of the Middle East for centuries.

AU troops kill 24 unarmed civilians in Somalia: The soldiers driving armoured vehicles went to a sports grounds then opened fire on boys playing football there killing nine and wounding eight. "They then went to the nearby houses where they dragged people out and shot dead seventeen people. They also left 14 people badly injured," Mohamud said.

Dozens killed as violence grips southern Libya: "Around 29 people of the Tuareg tribe were killed and four were wounded in clashes," said Khayali by phone from Sabha, some 700km to the south of the Libyan capital Tripoli.

Borno: Boko Haram attacks Buratai, many feared killed: Many feared killed In what looks like a swift response to the declaration by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General T.Y. Buratai on the army’s determination to exterminate all forms of insurgencies from the north east, the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram has attacked Buratai village of Biu local government area, the home of the Army Chief

Two Tanzanian U.N. Peacekeepers Killed in Congo Ambush: The country's U.N. mission said Two United Nations peacekeepers from Tanzania were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday when their patrol was ambushed in an area where government forces are fighting Ugandan rebels

Two killed as blasts, gunfire rock Burundi presidential vote: A policeman and an opposition official died in violence marring the start of Burundi's presidential election on Tuesday, held amid protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term and an opposition boycott.

20 rebels killed in newest military operations: The operations were jointly carried out by Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army and personnel from the National Directorate of Seciryt (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency – where four more insurgents were also wounded and two detained.

Greece to confirm construction of natural gas pipeline jointly with Russia — minister: Greece supports the plan of building a natural gas pipeline jointly with Russia to be an extension of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, new Minister of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy of Greece Panos Skourletis said on Monday

The Firesale Begins: Tsipras Agrees To Sell Greek Assets: American business magnate, one of the world’s most successful investors, Warren Buffett has reportedly bought the Greek island of Agios Thomas for 15 mln euro, according to the website of the Greek newspaper Proto Thema and became yet another celebrity with his own piece of Greece.

Man charged with planning 'terror attack' on US soldiers in Britain : Junead Ahmed Khan is also accused, along with his uncle, Shazib Ahmed Khan, 22, of planning to travel to Syria to join Islamic State (IS). The men, both from Luton, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London today.

Earth’s Most Famous Climate Scientist Issues Bombshell Sea Level Warning: The study—concludes that glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica will melt 10 times faster than previous consensus estimates, resulting in sea level rise of at least 10 feet in as little as 50 years.

World Breaks Temperature Record as Climate Summit Nears: There was “record warmth across the western United States, parts of northern South America, several regions in central to western Africa, central Asia around and to the east of the Caspian Sea and parts of southeastern Asia,” the NOAA said.

Noam Chomsky Says US Turned to Cuba: Chomsky said the fourth Summit of the Americas of 2012 in Colombia was a major turning point for the United States, as it saw itself, along with Canada, completely marginalized from all the crucial issues being debated, including Cuba.

More children living in poverty now than during recession: About 22% of children in the U.S. lived below the poverty line in 2013, compared with 18% in 2008.

Muslim cemetery sparks row in Texas town of Farmersville: Residents in a small town in Texas are seeking to block plans to build an Islamic cemetery over fears it is part of a wider Muslim "takeover"

Donald Trump soars to big poll lead. What's going on?: Trump is the choice of 24 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning independent voters, according to the Post/ABC numbers.

Walker and the Evils of Preventive War: Why should voters trust him with the presidency when he is eager to boast about his readiness to start an illegal war against a country that just negotiated an agreement with the U.S. and its allies?

Bernie Sanders: Anti-Russian Propaganda and “Vermont Socialism”: The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders — an anti-Russia, Israel-supporting politician from Vermont — revives an archaic feud among leftists. The old debate about “sewer socialism” is back.

Here's who is bankrolling the top presidential candidates: The 2016 presidential election is still 16 months away, but the fundraising push is in high gear, given that the winner may need $1 billion or more to win the White House.

Clinton rakes in Wall Street cash amid tough talk: Already among the biggest donors to Clinton's political career, employees of some megabanks have funneled big money into her bid for the 2016 nomination.

If Poroshenko Attacks His Days Are Numbered By The Saker
	Have the Novorussians suddenly gone crazy? - Continue

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The Real Reasons For the Iran Agreement By Paul Craig Roberts
	Washington has belatedly realized that the concocted Iranian and Muslim threats are using up time, energy, and resources that Washington needs to apply to Russia and China. - Continue

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Seeking War to the End of the World By Robert Parry
	To understand the enduring influence of the neocons – and the Kagan clan, in particular – you have to appreciate the money connections between the business of war and the business of selling war. - Continue

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Propaganda Wave Portends Invasion of Syria By Tony Cartalucci
	US and British special forces are already operating in Syria alongside terrorist militants. - Continue

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Syrian Intervention, Yemeni Airstrikes and David Cameron's Contempt for Democracy By Elliot Murphy
	The UK government gives diplomatic and military support to tyrants worldwide and places imperial agendas above democratic decisions. - Continue

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What a Choice for Egypt – a Megalomaniac President or the Madness of Isis By Robert Fisk
	The images of an Egyptian gunboat exploding off the coast of Sinai last week were a warning to our Western politicians. - Continue

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Desertion: A Long, Proud History By CJ Hinke
	You can do no greater good than refusing to kill. If you are in the military, anybody’s military, do the right thing: RUN AWAY! - Continue

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The Horrors of John McCain: War Hero or War Criminal? By Jeffrey St. Clair - Alexander Cockburn
	McCain flew 23 bombing missions over North Vietnam, each averaging about half an hour, total time ten hours and thirty minutes. - Continue

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Journalist John Pilger condemns Syriza's historic betrayal of Greek voters. By John Pilger
	“It was elected with a clear mandate – to get rid of the dreadful imposition of indebtedness. And it became a pleading supplicant to the big power brokers in Europe" - Continue

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Greece, The Troika and Maggie Thatcher By David Morris
	The “Troika” - has actively and enthusiastically embraced Maggie Thatcher’s social and political philosophy, memorably captured in her chilling assertion, “There is no such thing as society.” - Continue

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British Royal Nazi Salute – a Sign of the Times By Finian Cunningham
	It is important to understand the image as more than a mere historical oddity, as British royalists and the British mainstream media would have us believe. - Continue

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The US Presidency For Sale By Patrick Martin
	This entire process has nothing whatsoever to do with democracy. It shows how the US financial aristocracy manipulates public opinion, seeking to preserve the illusion of popular choice. - Continue

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New Orleans Katrina Pain Index at 10: Who Was Left Behind By Bill Quigley
	The median income for white families in New Orleans is $60,553; that is $35,451 more than for Black families whose median income was $25,102. - Continue

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Death toll from Yemen rebel shelling doubles to nearly 100: The death toll in Yemen from the Shiite rebel shelling of a town near the southern port city of Aden rose Monday to nearly 100, the head of an international aid group said, describing it as "the worst day" for the city and its surroundings in over three months of fighting.

Yemen fighters take Aden's Tawahi district from Houthis: Report: Local fighters and army units backed by Yemen's exiled government have taken control of Tawahi, the last district of central Aden still held by the Houthi militia and its allies, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday.

Yemen: Britain lurks behind Saudi atrocities: Our government has no qualms about backing the latest slaughter in Yemen, writes IAN SINCLAIR

40 killed as army, Daesh clash in Iraq’s Anbar province: At least 25 Daesh militants and 15 Iraqi security personnel were killed Sunday in separate incidents across Iraq’s western Anbar province, according to Iraqi army and police sources.

At least 30 killed as blast hits southeast Turkey: At least 30 people were killed in a possible suicide bomb attack in southern Turkey on Monday, a local official said. Abdullah Ciftci, district governor of Suruc, said 21 were killed at the scene of the blast in the town center and another nine died at local hospitals.

Airstrikes on IS-Held Town in Northern Syria Kill 20: More than 20 people have been killed, many of them children, and dozens of others wounded Monday in airstrikes that targeted a northern Syria town held by the Islamic State group, activists and the IS group said.

Saudi Prince Threatens 'Military Action Without American Support' Against Iran: Prince Bandar bin Sultan said the deal would allow Iran to acquire a nuclear bomb and would “wreak havoc in the region." The prince also said, "Saudi Arabia and the Gulf powers are prepared to take military action without American support after the Iran nuclear deal"

Senior defense source: IDF preparing for possible covert Iranian nuclear production : He added that no one within the Israeli defense establishment thinks Iran has given up on its vision of reaching a nuclear capability in the future.

US Defense Secretary says military option against Iran remains on table: “One of the reasons this deal is a good one is that it does nothing to prevent the military option .?.?. which we are preserving and continually improving,” Carter told reporters en route to Tel Aviv.

Europe backs Iran nuclear deal in signal to U.S. Congress: In a message mainly aimed at skeptical voices in the U.S. Congress and strong resistance from Israel, EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels stressed that there was no better option available.

US mulling ‘unprecedented’ arms package to Israel after Iran deal: The package reportedly will include sophisticated weaponry that Israel does not yet possess, as well as cutting-edge technology. “The deal endangers our security, our survival even, and the security of the Middle East and the world,” Netanyahu said, during a US media blitz in the wake of the deal.

ICC orders review of deadly Israeli flotilla raid probe: Prosecutor dropped investigation despite finding evidence of war crimes. The International Criminal Court on Thursday ordered its chief prosecutor to review a decision not to investigate Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, saying “errors were made”.

Eight killed in suicide bomb on edge of Nigeria's Damaturu city: Three policemen and five militants were killed on Monday by a car suicide bomb at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damaturu, capital of Yobe state in northern Nigeria, a police spokesman said.

Isis in Libya: Islamic State kidnap three Christians and crucify one man in Sirte accused of spying: The offshoot of Islamic State (Isis) in Libya has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three African Christians and crucifying an alleged spy in its coastal stronghold of Sirte.

US 'friendly fire' kills up to 10 Afghan soldiers: A US airstrike killed up to 10 Afghan soldiers Monday at an army checkpoint in a Taliban-infested province south of Kabul, one of the deadliest episodes of "friendly fire" from foreign forces in recent years. The bombing marked the second such incident in the area since last December when a NATO air strike killed five civilians and wounded six others.

9 militant commanders of banned outfit killed in Pakistan: At least nine militant commanders of a proscribed outfit involved in the killing of 44 personnel from frontier works department, were killed on Sunday during a clash with paramilitary troops in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province.

US-Ukrainian military drills launch in Yavoriv: The largest number of soldiers come from the United States, while combat units also include personnel from the United Kingdom, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Lithuania.

US-led drills in Ukraine may threaten peace process: Moscow: - Moscow said on Monday that US-led military exercises in western Ukraine that began this week may have "explosive" consequences and threaten to derail the peace process in the separatist east.

Greece makes due payments, no longer in arrears - IMF: The IMF has confirmed it has received about €2 billion from Greece, which means the country is no longer in arrears. The Greek Finance Ministry has said it started payment of €6.2 billion to the IMF and the ECB.

Taxes and more taxes: Greeks grapple with new price hikes: In return for getting a bailout request to European creditors off the ground, the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has had to enact a series of confidence-building measures, the biggest of which was a steep increase in the sales tax from 13 to 23 percent.

Child Killed in Military Attack in Mexico: A 12-year-old kid was killed in the southern Mexican state of Michoacan after agents from the federal police opened fire against villagers in the small port town of Ixtapilla, local press reported on Sunday.

Cuba Foreign Minister Demands End of Blockade as Embassy Opens: . Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez spoke of the importance of addressing the outstanding issues between the U.S. and Cuba during a press conference Monday morning marking the reopening of embassies.

Anonymous vows revenge for masked activist shot dead by confused Canadian police: Anonymous group hacktivists are mounting a campaign to avenge a man “in a Guy Fawkes mask” shot dead by Canadian police in British Columbia on Thursday after being mistaken for a suspect. Cyber-attacks have already hit national police websites.

American families spent 16% more on college this year: Families shelled out an average of $24,164 to cover college costs during the 2014-15 school year, compared to $20,882 the year prior. It’s the first time in five years that families have increased college spending year over year, according to Sallie Mae.